Tu Xi's solo exhibition "The Dissolution of Boundary" will open on December 21

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2024.12.17

EXHIBITION TITLE The Dissolution of Boundary ARTIST Tu Xi CURATOR Ji Cong DURATION 2024.12.21 - 2025.02.23 VENUE TRIUMPH GALLERY TRIUMPH GALLERY is pleased to announce that Tu Xi’s latest solo exhibition in gallery, The Dissolution of Boundary, will be presented on December 21st, 2024. Curated by Ji Cong, this exhibition will feature more than 20 works created by the artist in recent years, and will run until Februrary 23rd, 2025. EXHIBITION PREFACE TU XI: DISSOLUTION OF BOUNDARY TEXT / JI CONG “The Dissolution of Boundary” centers on Tu Xi’s singular artistic practice, which attempts to deconstruct the boundary between “objects” and “space.” Through his signature abstract forms and asymmetrical compositions, the artist transcends the expressions of space and form in his paintings, showcasing his relentless experiments through the deconstruction and reconstruction of various pictorial elements. At first glance, these works continue Tu Xi’s investigation into the interplay of texture, color, form, and gesture, embracing their conflicts and unities. While paintings remain his primary medium, his choice of materials expands beyond conventional confines. By integrating acrylics, spray paint, collage, and soak-stain techniques, the artist creates a vibrant world of color that offers a rich, multi-layered visual experience. Tu Xi is attuned to the shifts in culture and society, yet his works embody a paradox of individuality and collectivism. In the process of his painting, he focuses on the creation and intricate details of his work, which limits his interactions with friends in the art world. However, he is also “within the crowd,” as his visual repertoire reflects his intuitive understanding of information production and an exploration of the fluidity of subject-object identities. In his works, Tu Xi utilizes the chanced, spontaneous effects of paint dripping and flowing naturally on the canvas and the “layering” engendered through the superimposition of various techniques to bridge and juxtapose different visual modes and cultural experiences. This approach not only presents a mingling of multiple cultural and temporal dimensions but also unconsciously constructs a pictorial amalgamation of virtual and physical landscapes. Through his urban geographical mobility of traversing between home and studio, as well as the stacking of forms and the unrestrained nature of his art, he meditates on "what exactly constitutes a boundary," as well as how boundaries, as symbols, dissolve within the realm of contemporary art. He asked in his works, "Do the boundaries we perceive truly exist? If they do, are they constructed, inherent, and eternal, or are they intangible boundaries that can be transcended?" With his unique, fluid visual strategy, the paintings of Tu Xi embody both materiality and abstract spirituality. The “new boundaries” in Tu Xi’s practice speak to our cognitive framework, ensuring that the “dissolution of boundaries” is transcendental but also artistic, regenerative, realistic, and reflective.

Artists

Tu Xi

Tu Xi was born in 1982 in China, graduated from Renmin University of China School of Arts in 2006, and graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2009. Currently living and working in Beijing.

In Tu Xi's creations, lines, strokes, and color blocks, while possessing the beauty of form, also have a sense of being swarmed by information, eroded by data, and transformed by technology, people/art have become the reality of the broken elements of the digital age, but at the same time, they have found a latent, holistic order in the pile of brokenness. At the same time, the plants and mountains presented by Tu Xi exist as “natural symbols” or “landscape symbols”. In his expression, these elements are no longer purely products of the natural environment, but become a kind of pattern and cultural symbol. When these natural elements are placed in his creations, and deconstructed and constructed by Tu Xi in different ways, a humanistic reflection based on “technology” is formed. It includes man and nature, man and technology, nature and artifacts, illusion and reality, and so on.

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